The former lawyer of Peter Scully revealed he quit following the alleged paedophile's ongoing requests for special treatment in a Filipino prison.

Scully is accused of carrying out some of the most horrific crimes imaginable, including abducting children as young as 18 months old, subjecting them to sustained sexual abuse and torture on camera, and in one case killing a girl when things got out of control.

Alejandro Jose Pallugna, based in the southern coastal Philippine's city of Cagayan de Oro, said he quit after becoming "mightily sick" of Scully's demands for special food, a mobile phone and bi-weekly visits from his lawyer.

"I withdrew as his defence counsel last February as I can't withstand his crazy and eccentric attitude and personality."

"He wants five kilos of fresh beef, pork, chicken, anything – like he lives in a resort."

Police allege Scully abused more than a dozen children during his three years in the Philippines, distributing videos of his sick crimes to a network of international pay per view clients who allegedly fed him instructions and personal fantasies.

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In one of the graphic videos titled “The Destruction of Daisy”, the young victim was allegedly subjected to whipping, torture and a range of sexual acts. Philippines police have described the video as the most shocking piece of child pornography they have ever encountered.

Pedophiles reportedly paid Scully between $US100 ($AUS130) and $US10,000 ($AUS13,000) for the videos.

However, it was revealed last September that most of the physical evidence against Scully - including a computer, video camera and memory card - had been destroyed in a fire earlier this year.

"If the new lawyer knows how to take advantage of this fact, then Scully could go free or get convicted of a lesser offence," Mr Pallugna said.